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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Easy, quick holiday card display

Hello all! I hope your week is getting better with each day!

I wanted to share a super quick, easy way I display our holiday cards – I started doing it a couple years ago and have been meaning to blog about it every year since. At least I don’t think I’ve blogged about it? Nearly 900 posts in and I lose track. :)

All you need is some ribbon and a door. Told you, easy! OK, there are a few other minor things, but really, it’s simple. I change up my ribbon every year, but you could use the same year to year too:

I bought this candy cane stripe at Target years ago and love it.

I just wrapped it around our coat closet door and secured it inside with upholstery tacks (cause that’s what I had handy):

Yes, it will put a small hole in your door, and no, no one will ever notice it. I just use the same holes year to year.

Just wrap the ribbon around top to bottom and across the door. Then you’ll need something to hold the cards on. I found these little tiny clothespins years ago, I’m pretty sure at Hobby Lobby:

They aren’t super strong but hold a card just fine.

It takes about five minutes to set up and no time at all to add new ones as the cards come in:

And I love having it out in the open where everyone can admire the pretty cards:

Last year I put a big puffy bow in the middle to make it look more present-like, but I lost a lot of card space with that bow, so it’s gone this year. :)

By the way, I’m pretty darn proud of myself. That closet is still organized!:

I added a few more cards today that we received over the weekend and there’s still plenty of room for more:

You know, for those who send their cards out at the last possible minute. Like…uhh, someone I know. Someone who is typing this.

We never got a good family pic this year (tried up to the last minute but getting the college girl home and us all looking decent at the same time is nearly impossible) so I’ll be gathering some Facebook pics to put something together. My plan is to get them out by Friday. They may turn into New Year’s cards. :)

So how do you display your cards? Do you send them out every year? Are yours out already? It’s become one of those things that I’ve decided to be OK with not doing if I don’t have time. Most years something's got to give! :)

30 comments:

Love the door idea! Lots of space that way. I have made a few "Merry Mail" signs that hang up with strips of fabric hanging down for the cards and that works well and is fun to make! I blogged about it here:http://www.makinitinmemphis.com/2012/12/craft-this-merry-mail-christmas-wreath.html

We have doors with louvers on them so just just slip Christmas cards into the slats. For the flat cards that don't have a fold, I display them on a free standing card display thing I got at a yard sale. It gets crowded quick though so I usually end up with some on the fridge too.

I, too, keep my old cards from year to year. I saw your post about using them for present tags and that's what I'm going to finally do with them, Sarah. Great idea! My grandma used to make the old cards into baskets by cutting each card into an urn shape, then "sewing" each urn together with yarn. A card circle completes the bottom. You end up with what looks like a rose bowl made from cards. She would fill them with little bouquets of salt dough flowers she would make. She was a very crafty lady :).

Just love it . I am breaking out the RIBBON NOW sister !!!!!!! Awesome ..Thanks for sharing this........... I will show the readers the tip on my FB showing what you posted. I just love this Sherry @ The Rusty Pearl

How fun!! I love displaying Christmas cards! They are my favorite :) I was so giddy the first time my husband and I received Christmas cards after we were married - it made me feel that we were really married then, haha

I send out cards maybe every other year, and I don't put the usual perfectly primped family photo on them each time. I think its easy to get caught up in trying to have the best trendiest cards and you kinda forget the reason for sending them which is to tell others you're thinking about them. I think its ok to skip years, and a plain card with a heartfelt handwritten message is best in my opinion :)

So cute! I always love hearing how others display their cards. Right now I keep all mine in a Santa sleigh in the front entry, but next year I am thinking about going more display like. Perhaps this way now...

Hey Sarah. I have to tell you, I read many DIY blogs and yours is the only one that I have read who has been so open and humble with their feelings the past few days. I have two young boys and the past few days have effected me greatly. It's comforting to read I'm not the only one.

Now I do have a random home question....where did you get your light over the kitchen table and is it black or oil rubbed bronze?

Cute and easy idea! we take a family pic at Thanksgiving and for the last few years, I just get what I get - no matchy matchy outfits and no fancy backdrops. All casual and on the fly. I display cards on a card stand made by Firstborn in Cub Scouts years ago - it's wonky but wonderful. I try to send out pics the week before Christmas - I did good this year!

Cute idea! Don't despair about not getting cards out before Christmas. For the past several years we send ours out after Christmas on purpose. We write a long letter and call it our "Year End Review". That way people can read about what our year was like, all the way through the holidays!

Sadly, as postage continued to rise over the past years, I finally gave up sending cards. Still have some guilt about it, but budget is budget. Now I create a card in Photoshop and e-mail it. For now, that will do!

I think the only reason for the halfwall between kitchen & didning room is to display Christmas cards!

Sorry...that would be "dining" room. I love that chalkboard wall and I also had a question based on your photo with both door and chalkboard walls. Have you considered some type of white board and batten treatment on the door wall floor to ceiling to balance out the lower height of the door?

On a side note, your closet still looks fantabulous! :) However, the CDO in me (OCD...but with the letters in the correct order, haha) wants to come over and wrap your vacuum cord up correctly, that would drive me bonkers! ;)